High School: Helped team to Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) Championship in senior season under coach Mark Gibbs at St. Johns College High School ... named WCAC Player of the Year after pitching to 6-2 record with 0.32 ERA and 0.62 WHIP ... recorded 43 strikeouts in 43 innings while limiting opponents to .111 batting average ... 2012 First Team All-Met selection and D.C. ESPN Gatorade Player of the Year ... Louisville Slugger All-American Honorable Mention ... the lone recent high school senior on the D.C. Grays of the Cal Ripken Baseball League ... earned a 3-1 record while recording 22 strikeouts and one complete game in seven starts ... named to the Ripken League All-Star Team, one of just three high school seniors to be named an All-Star.

Personal: Born Daniel Gaffney O'Donnell on 6/9/94 in Gaithersburg, MD ... son of Priscilla and Michael O'Donnell ... has older sisters Sheena and Tara ... intended major is Journalism & Mass Media ... aspires to play professional baseball and become a broadcaster.